Asian Para Games 2026: India’s medal tally after Day 1, 19th October
India bagged 11 medals, including four gold on Day 1
India had an eventful start on Day 1 of the Asian Para Games 2026, delivering a stellar performance and winning 11 medals, including four gold, five silver, and two bronze across shooting, swimming, athletics, and judo.
In shooting, athletics, and judo, the Indian para-athletes won two medals each. Mona Agarwal won gold, while Avani Lekhara grabbed silver in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle SH1.
Meanwhile, in para-Judo, Kokila Kaushikate won a silver in the Women’s J2 −52kg event, and Kapil Parmar secured a bronze in the Men’s J1 −70kg.
In para-athletics, Nishad Kumar also won gold in the men’s T47 long jump. Rinku won gold, while Ajeet Singh won silver at the men’s Javelin F46 event. Rakshita Raju won bronze in the women’s 1500 m T11 classification, while Soumya and Radha Venkatesh won gold and silver in the women’s T12/13 1500 m race.
Ravi Karthik Budigina also added a page of his name in the history books by winning a silver medal at the Men’s 100 m Freestyle S13 event.
Medal events in which Indian athletes competed on 19th October
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After performing well in the qualification round, Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara in Women’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 secured a spot in the final. In the medal round, Mona edged past her compatriot, Avani, with a score of 250.0 points to win the undisputed gold.
Avani came in a close second with 249.6 points. Meanwhile, South Korea’s Lee Yunri won the bronze medal with a distant total of 227.9 points.
The Indian para-shooters gave a dominant performance to secure the top two spots on the podium. On the other side, Swaroop Unhalkar finishes fourth in Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 final.
Jaspreet Kaur also participated in the medal event in the women’s 45kg powerlifting category. However, she finished fourth in the event with the best lift of 100kg.
China’s Lingling Gua finished first with the maximum list of 126, followed by Alina Solodukhina and Aizhan Berimkulova of Kazakhstan.
Aizhan Berimkulova’s bronze medal-winning lift was only one kg more than Jaspreet Kaur’s. After successfully securing a safe score on her first attempt, she failed 102kg on her other two attempts.
In men’s 400m freestyle S7, Niranjan Mukundan finished fourth with a time of 5:38.77s, while Gopichand Lingutla clocked 5:40.44s to finish fifth among six finalists. A similar thing happened in the women’s 400m freestyle S8 event as Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap finished sixth.
However, Nishad Kumar won India’s second gold medal of the day in the men’s long jump T47. He won a gold medal with a majestic leap of 7.11 m. Uzbekistan’s Omadbek Khasanov won the silver medal with a best of 6.99m, while Sri Lanka’s Mohammadu Safran had to settle for bronze with 6.55m.
Competing in the men’s 59kg para powerlifting final, Manish finished fourth. Manish and Stanislav Shakiyev of Kazakhstan lifted the same weight of 181kg, but the Kazakh lifter took bronze as he completed the successful 181kg lift earlier than Manish. Paramjeet Kumar finished seventh.
Kapil Parmar won bronze in the men’s J1-70 kg judo event after beating Indonesia’s Ahnaf Rafli Shidqi 1-0 in the playoff bout. Kapil lost to Indonesia’s Junaedi 1-0 in the semi-final, so he eventually had to play the bronze-medal bout.
Kokila lost to Kyrgyzstan’s Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy by Ippon in the women’s J2-52 kg judo final, settling for a silver medal.
Ravi Karthik Budigina went against all the odds to win a para-swimming medal at the 2026 Para Asian Games. He finished just behind Uzbekistan’s Egor Bolotov, who had a finishing time of 52.90 s, compared to Budigina’s 56.68 s.
India dominated in the javelin throw again. In the men’s javelin F46, Rinku won gold with the best throw of 65.11 meters, while Ajeet Singh won silver with his best attempt also coming on the last throw, at 62.46 meters. Both of them recorded their season best.
Rakshita Raju also made history by winning the bronze medal in the women’s 1500m T11 classification with a personal best of 5:31.45.
Meanwhile, Ravanni Valasanaini narrowly missed a spot on the podium as she finished fourth with a personal-best time of 5:41.85.
Later in the day, Soumya won gold in the women’s T12/13 1500m race with guide Bharat Kumar, setting a personal best of 5:12:39. Behind her, Radha Venkatesh, with her guide Govind Solanki, finished second, clocking 5:30:90. Japan’s Mana Sasaki finished third in the event.
The Indian contingent began their run at the Para Asian Games on Day 1 with ranking rounds in para-archery across individual, doubles, and mixed disciplines. Later, the initial rounds of the Para-badminton were played in Japan.
In para-badminton mixed doubles, Nitesh Kumar and Tulasimathi Murugesan secured their second straight Group B victory, while Manasi Joshi and Ruthick Ragupathi bounced back from two opening losses.
Meanwhile, in men’s singles WH1, Prem Kumar suffered a straight-games defeat against Malaysia’s Muhammad Ikhwan Bin Ramli.
Krishna Nagar also lost to China’s Lin Naili in the men’s singles badminton SH6 event. Sivarajan Solaimalai defeated Faiq Zali of Brunei, 21-8, 21-11, to maintain his perfect record in the men’s singles SH6 group stage.
In the para-archery men’s recurve ranking round, Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi finished fifth and seventh, respectively. In the women’s compound ranking round, Indian archers Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag finished first and fifth, respectively. Swati Chaudhary secured the top seed in the women’s W1 archery event.
In para-table tennis, Sonalben Patel redeemed her third consecutive win, this time over Chinese Taipei’s Chao Pei-Hsi 11-2, 11-5, and 11-4 in just 15 minutes. Baby Sahana Ravi also won her fixture against Kazakhstan’s Altynay Yerzhankyzy (11-4, 11-6, 11-5).
Bhavina Patel, after she defeated China’s Miao Zhang 3-1 in the women’s singles Class 4-5 in para-table tennis, assured a medal. Prachi Pandey is also assured of a table tennis medal at the Asian Para Games.
Asian Para Games 2026: Updated India medal tally after 19th October
After Day 1 action, India sit at fourth with 11 medals, comprising four gold, fiver silver and 2 bronze medals. India achieved double podium finish in para-shooting and para-athletics.
Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara won gold and silver respectively in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event to open India’s medal tally before Rinku and Ajeet Singh made it a second 1-2 finish on the podium with gold and silver in men’s javelin throw F46 event.
What to expect from the Indian contingent on 20th October?
After getting a commendable start, the morale and confidence in Indian para-athletes will be at an all-time high. And Day 2 of the Para Asian Games will also offer more opportunities for our athletes to secure a spot on the podium.
Team India will get opportunities to win medals in archery, athletics, judo, shooting, powerlifting, swimming, and table tennis.
Meanwhile, the teams and individuals for badminton, blind football, and boccia. With 11 medals already in the kitty, the Indian team has made a brilliant start in Japan, and the athletes will aim to maintain their form.
Who were India’s medal winners on Day 1 of Asian Para Games 2026?
Mona Agarwal and Avani Lakhara won gold and silver medal in women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Para-Shooting]
Ravi Karthik Budigina won silver in men’s 100m freestyle S13 [Para-Swimming]
Kapil Parmar won bronze in men’s J1 -70kg [Para-Judo]
Kokila won silver in women’s J2 -52kg [Para-Judo]
Ravanni Valasanaini won bronze in women’s 1500m T11 [Para-Athletics]
Rinku and Ajeet Singh won gold and silver medal in men’s javelin throw F46 [Para-Athletics]
Soumya and Radha Venkatesh won gold and silver in women’s 1500m T12/T13 [Para-Athletics]
Nishad Kumar won gold in men’s long jump T47 [Para-Athletics]
How many medals did India win on Day 1 (October 19) of Asian Para Games 2026?
India clinched 11 medals on the opening day of the competition.
What is India’s position in the medal tally after Day 1 (October 19) of Asian Para Games 2026?
India are fourth in the overall medal table, behind China (62), Japan (27) and Uzbekistan (23).
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